5-HIKOYA
THE FOX AND THE STORK
A selfish fox once invited a stork to dinner at his home in a hollow tree. That
evening, the stork flew to the fox’s home and knocked
on the door with her long
beak. The fox opened the door and said, “Please come in and share my food.”
The stork was invited to sit down at the table. She was
very hungry and the food
smelled delicious! The fox served soup in shallow bowls and he licked up all his
soup very quickly. However, the stork could not have any of it as the bowl was too
shallow for her long beak. The poor stork just smiled politely and stayed hungry.
The
selfish fox asked, “Stork, why haven’t you taken your soup? Don’t you like it?”
The stork replied, “It was very kind of you to invite me for dinner.
Tomorrow
evening, please join me for dinner at my home.”
The next day, when the fox arrived at the stork’s home, he saw that they were also
having soup for dinner. This time the soup was served in tall jugs. The stork drank
the soup easily but the fox could not reach inside the tall jug. This time
it was his turn
to go hungry.
A selfish act can backfire on you.
TULKI VA LAYLAK
O'zini o'ylaydigan tulki ovqatlanish uchun o'zining kovakdagi uyiga laylakni
taklif etibdi. O'sha kechasi, laylak tulkining uyiga uchib boribdi va o'zining uzun
tumshug'i bilan eshikni taqillatibdi. Tulki eshikni ochibdi va debdi: "Marhamat,
ichkariga kir va ovqatni birga baham ko'ramiz."
Laylakni stol yoniga o'tirishga taklif qilibdi. U juda och edi va ovqatdan esa mazali
hid chiqayotgan edi. Tulki sho'rvani tekis yoyiq tuvakda tayyorlagandi va o'zini
sho'rvasini juda tez yalab tamomlabdi. Biroq, laylak esa
undan hech qancha yeyish
qo'lidan kelmabdi, chunki uning tumshug'i uchun idish juda tekis edi.
Bechora laylak samimiy tabassum qilibdi va och qolibdi.
Xudbin tulki so'radi, "Ey Laylak, nega sho'rvangni olmayapsan? Senga yoqmadimi?"
Laylak javob berdi, "Sen mehribonliging bilan meni ovqatga taklif qilding. iltimos,
ertaga kechqurun, mening uyimda ovqatimga sherik bo'l."
Keyingi kuni, tulki
laylakning uyiga yetib kelidi, qarasa, ular ham kechki ovqatga
sho'rva qilishgan ekan. Bu gal esa sho'rva baland-uzun ko'zalarda tayyorlangan ekan.
Laylak sho'rvani
osonlik bilan ichibdi, lekin tulki esa baland ko'zaning ichiga
yetolmabdi. Bu gal esa och qorin bilan qaytish uning navbati edi.
